I served as an admonisher in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 364 Wild Road! I would like to recommend someone to be the King of Japan

Forbidden, hang down the hall.

Zhao Zhen heard that Su Liang and Cao Yi were beating Japanese special envoy Fujiwara Nobu in the hall of Fanlou.

Everyone was confused.

One is an important minister in the court, and the other is a relative of the royal family.

It is really unbecoming and extremely absurd to beat up the special envoy from Japan who came from afar on the street.

It was not only their personal face that was lost, but also the face of the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Zhen knew the three conditions put forward by Fujiwara Nobu, and he also knew that the current Song Dynasty could not live without sulfur.

It’s okay for Cao Yi to be reckless.

He didn't expect Su Liang to be so reckless.

Zhao Zhen paced back and forth, thinking about how to minimize the impact of this matter.

And the crime of fighting in the street.

You won't be using your bare hands.

They both raised their hands.

"Fights in the city are the work of street gangsters and scoundrels!"

Su Liang and Cao Yan asked for an audience outside the door.

Cao Yi didn't want to make his sister feel uncomfortable.

Such remarks are not very good to Queen Cao.

"I know that you hate the Japanese envoy for bullying women, and I know that you are dissatisfied with the Japanese envoy for using sulfur blackmail to blackmail the court, but these are not reasons to beat people. What you violated is the law of the Song Dynasty. Now everyone in Bianjing City knows that, not only do I not He will show favoritism and will be severely punished!”

The impact of this incident was extremely bad.

Cao Yi said: "Guanjia, you can hit him. Sixty sticks won't kill him."

Although Zhao Zhen would definitely support Empress Cao if he knew about this, Concubine Zhang and Beauty in the harem would also use this incident to stimulate Empress Cao.

Su Liang and Cao Yan walked in quickly.

at this time.

Zhao Zhen thought that Cao Yi beat him because Fujiwara Nobu bullied Dr. Tea of ​​Sangjiawazi, and Su Liang beat him because Fujiwara Nobu took the opportunity to blackmail because Japan was rich in sulfur.

Su Liang and Cao Yanruo really wanted to beat Fujiwara Nobu into a hemiplegic condition like Yelu Zhao, the deputy envoy of the Liao Kingdom.

"I know what happened. But no matter what the reason is, you shouldn't hit people in a busy city. Don't forget your identities!"

Su Liang and Cao Yi had already agreed and did not intend to inform Zhao Zhen of this situation.

Instead, he picked up the handy object and rushed forward.

Zhao Zhen glared at the two of them.

According to the current criminal law of the Song Dynasty.

after all.

Lean slightly.

After Zhao Zhen scolded the two of them, he calmed down and said, "Su Liang, do you know what punishment you two should receive?"

Su Liang replied without hesitation: "According to the "Xingtong Volume 21 Laws of Fighting and Litigation", those who fight will be punished with forty floggings; those who are injured and hit with other objects will be punished with sixty sticks; those who are injured more than an inch square , eighty sticks; if there is blood coming out of the ears and eyes, or if there is internal damage and vomiting blood, two levels will be added."

Once the news spread, everyone would know about it, and it was Empress Cao who suffered the most in the end.

It's not too big, and the two of them can definitely carry it.

"Do you think you are a favorite and I will not punish you? Or do you think you have been flogged before and sixty sticks are not enough to break your bones?"

As long as you beat someone, you will be beaten forty times.

Su Liang said: "Guan family, an hour ago, I and Jing Xiu beat the Japanese special envoy Fujiwara Nobu at Fanlou, and I came here to apologize!"

At this time.

"Chen and Jingxiu should be at the level of 60."

Just hit the stomach, buttocks, thighs, arms and other places that are prone to pain but will not cause serious injuries.

When Zhao Zhen heard Su Liang's quick reply, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Have you thought about it before the fight?"

Zhao Zhen said angrily: "Let them come in!"

When the two beat Nobu Fujiwara, they did not beat him to death.

……

Bao Zheng and Wang Yaochen will also remain tight-lipped.

There were two types of cane punishments in the Song Dynasty.

There are too many people in the harem gossiping.

I didn't know that Fujiwara Nobu insulted Queen Cao.

One is the hip staff and the other is the spine staff.

The former hits the buttocks, and usually no serious injuries occur; the latter hits the back, which usually results in bleeding.

The two men's sixty sticks are butt sticks.

This kind of staff is not a long or wide staff the size of a water or fire stick.

It is the kind of small staff that is "three feet and five inches long, the width of the big head cannot exceed two inches, the diameter of the small head cannot exceed nine points, and the weight cannot exceed fifteen taels."

Zhao Zhen saw that Cao Yi was not only unrepentant, but also excited.

"It's true that you can't kill anyone, but it's embarrassing enough!"

"It's not just your people who are being shamed, but also my face as a scholar-bureaucrat, the queen's face, and my face!" Zhao Zhen said angrily.

The entire Chui Gong Hall echoed with Zhao Zhen's roar.

immediately.

Zhao Zhen looked at Su Liang.

"I originally wanted to promote you to the position of Censor Zhongcheng in the next year. After this incident, how can I promote you?"

He looked at Cao Yi again.

"Do you know that if you have too much fighting, you will bring trouble to the Cao family and the queen. Your uncle will definitely ask for self-punishment, and the queen will also ask for self-punishment. I can't be selfish!"

Zhao Zhen did not mention that Su Liang might cause the Japanese to refuse to sell sulfur to the Song Dynasty.

He was also not satisfied with the three conditions proposed by Japan's special envoy Fujiwara Nobu and the solution proposed by Wang Yaochen.

at this time.

Wang Yaochen, the envoy of the Third Division, and Bao Zheng, the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture, asked for an audience outside the door.

Zhao Zhen waved his hand and let the two of them walk in.

Bao Zheng had a dark face, and Wang Yaochen had a frustrated look.

Bao Zheng said: "The official family has arranged for the special envoy from Japan. He was not seriously injured. Su Yushi and Uncle Guo still acted in a measured manner."

Zhao Zhen nodded.

"This matter has had a bad impact on the people. The Kaifeng Mansion will quickly issue a notice to make the situation public. The punishment will be sixty sticks. No one can be missing."

"However, to make it clear that Su Liang and Cao Yi acted on their own initiative and have expressed deep regret to me, I will also send my servant to visit the Japanese envoy to minimize the matter as much as possible. In addition, we will not let the tabloids publicize it..."

"Also, it is not appropriate to carry out executions during the New Year's Day. Let's do it after the Lantern Festival!"

Hearing this, Su Liang and Cao Yi felt warm in their hearts. The officials were very considerate for them.

At this time.

Su Liang cupped his hands and said, "Guan family, can we wait until the first lunar month has passed before the execution?"

"Don't touch your nose or eyes, I've already been lenient enough!" Zhao Zhen said angrily.

Su Liang smiled cheekily.

"I am an official, I have a son and a daughter, and I have a good reputation in Bianjing City. It is really indecent to have my pants stripped and slapped. I want to give it a try. In the next month, I will do what I want." A thing that is beneficial to the court will make up for the mistake and avoid this trouble! "

"Now, do you know how to lose face? Do you know how to be embarrassed?" Zhao Zhen snorted coldly.

"One month? Make up for your mistakes? Can you do that? But you can't just make up for your own mistakes, you also have to let Jing Xiu take the blame. Do you have the ability?

Su Liang thought for a moment and said, "You can give it a try, but we'll keep it a secret for the time being. The officials and everyone will know about it later in the year."

Zhao Zhen looked at Bao Zheng and asked, "Bao Qing, is it possible?"

"Okay." Bao Zheng nodded.

If a person who is about to be punished has performed great merits before being punished, he can make up for his faults and be exempted from punishment.

At this time.

Wang Yaochen, who looked depressed, suddenly became energetic.

"In the official family, Su Jingming has always been cunning...not...intelligent. He always takes one step at a time and sees ten steps before doing anything. I guess he must have thought of an escape route to make up for his mistakes before beating him!"

"Omi also speculated that he had already thought of a strategy on how to bring the sulfur trade back to life without offending Nobu Fujiwara."

this moment.

Zhao Zhen, Wang Yaochen, Bao Zheng, and Cao Yan looked at Su Liang at the same time.

all the time.

Su Liang's ideas are endless and he specializes in solving various difficult and complicated diseases.

If Su Liang really has a good plan.

Then the title "Zhang Zifang of the Great Song Dynasty" may not be worthy of him.

In the expectant eyes of the four people, Su Liang smiled innocently.

"There really is a plan, but it's just a wild idea!"

After hearing this, Wang Yaochen breathed a long sigh of relief, as if he had cleared the clouds and seen the moonlight, and his mood instantly felt relieved.

at this time.

The chamberlain came to report, and Wen Yanbo, Fu Bi, Fan Zhongyan, Zeng Gongliang and others came to see him.

If it was just because of the fight, the princes would not come at the same time.

They must also be here for the brimstone matter.

Zhao Zhen said: "Let all the ministers come in and listen to Su Jingming's wild ways."

Lean slightly.

All the ministers entered the palace.

Wang Yaochen and Bao Zheng quickly informed everyone of the current situation and said that Su Liang had another good strategy.

For a while. All the ministers are also full of expectations.

After hearing the three conditions proposed by Fujiwara Shin, they were also thinking of other methods.

But now.

Japanese sulfur is not replaceable at all.

Su Liang slowed down and said: "At the moment, around the Song Dynasty, only Japan Island has more volcanoes and is rich in high-quality sulfur. If we go to other places to look for sulfur, it will be time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it will be difficult to achieve results, so we can only Trade with Japan.”

"Fujiwara Nobu knows that we have purchased a large amount of sulfur in the past three years, and he also knows that we are making firearms."

"In addition, our relationship with the Liao Kingdom is not harmonious, and there is a possibility of war at any time. He is sure that we will still need a lot of sulfur, so he jumped out and took advantage of it!"

"If we agree to Fujiwara Nobu's three conditions, we will definitely be restrained by them in the future. Even if we start a full-scale war with the Liao Kingdom, once the wind, fire, thunder and wind fire guns are shown, the Japanese people will inevitably interrupt the transaction with us driven by interests. , or the lion opens its mouth again, so we should never agree to his conditions and be restrained by the Japanese. "

Su Liang's words confused everyone.

On the one hand, to obtain sulfur, one must trade with Japan.

On the other hand, some say that cooperation with Japan will be constrained at every turn.

Wang Yaochen said doubtfully: "Jingming, you've confused me with your words. So, are we going to do business with Japan?"

Su Liang smiled slightly.

"Do."

"However, it is not with the Japanese court, but with the Japanese smugglers!"

"In recent years, we have often dealt with private merchants in Japan. I suggest that we send a team of forbidden troops to act as merchants and go to sea to do business. On the one hand, we do sulfur trading, and on the other hand, we sell crossbows and weapons to Japanese merchants at sea. ,vessel."

"The Japanese court wants to ban them from trading sulfur, gold, and silver, so we will help them do it. We can even help them fight against the Japanese court's soldiers. Of course, our people cannot admit that they are the forbidden army of the Song Dynasty."

"We will rely on this team to become bigger and stronger in the offshore area, so that Japan's sulfur private sales will become more prosperous, and our armed forces can even intervene in Japan's political affairs."

……

Hear this.

Zeng Gongliang said: "Jing Ming, please speak slowly, let me interject, you mean to send a Song Dynasty imperial army to be pirates!"

Hearing this explanation, all the ministers laughed.

Selling various weapons at sea, working with smugglers to attack the Japanese soldiers, constantly expanding their armed forces and occupying more sea areas.

Isn't this just a pirate?
Wang Yaochen supplemented Su Liang's words on the side: "Pirate is such an unpleasant word, we just go to sea to do business!"

Su Liang shook his head.

"No, pirates already have a good reputation. The last thing I want to do is let this forbidden army team control Japan Island, and even become the king of Japan Island!"

"You...you mean to take over Japan Island?"

Su Liang nodded.

this moment.

Everyone finally knew why Su Liang said this idea was a wild idea.

This is so wild!

Zhao Zhen shook his head slightly and said: "Jingming, no, no, we have taken too big a step. We have not even recovered the sixteen states of Yanyun, how can we make this plan first? Moreover, Japan is close to Liao and Korea, we If you occupy this island, it will be easily besieged."

"Officials, recovering the Sixteenth State of Yanyun and occupying Japan Island are actually the same thing."

"Just think about it, if we attack Yanyun and the Liao Kingdom is defeated, what is the best way to break the siege?"

"Instead of sending another large army into the northern battlefield, we should surround Wei and rescue Zhao!"

"If Goryeo and Japan join forces to attack our southern cities by sea, how should we respond? How can we defend against so many ports in Chuzhou, Yangzhou, Mingzhou, Taizhou, Quanzhou, and Guangzhou?"

"These cities are huge wealth in their eyes, and they will definitely rob them. When we fight with Liao, how far can we extend the battle line?"

"We must control the surrounding seas in advance. Once we gradually control Dongying Island, we can attack Liao and Goryeo nearby, and retreat to protect coastal cities!"

"The best defense is to attack. If the Japanese court wants to suppress us, we will replace them with an emperor who listens to us or go to the island to become king. Otherwise, we will be the ones who suffer in the future!"

"Officials, this strategy can disturb the Japanese government internally and gain sulfur; externally, it can break the possibility of consecutive attacks by the Liao Kingdom, Goryeo, and Japan. It is actually the best strategy to implement at the moment."

……

Zhao Zhen and all the ministers were lost in thought.

Using soldiers as thieves to encroach on the imperial power of Japan is not a glorious method, but it is the best way to remove potential threats.

After Zhao Zhen thought for a moment, he smiled helplessly.

"Jing Ming, I know the benefits of this strategy, but after all, we are using soldiers as thieves to rob, and I feel a little uncomfortable!"

At this time, Fu Bi stood up.

"Officials, I think this strategy is not despicable, at least it is stuck on the moral bottom line of our dynasty's scholar-bureaucrats. If it is as Jingming said, controlling Dongying Island can play an important role in attacking Liao in the future, it will be successful My achievements are unprecedented!"

"My lord, I think this strategy is feasible. This is still the behavior of a gentleman."

"I second the proposal!"

"I second the proposal!"

"I second the proposal!"

……

All the ministers bowed their hands.

In the past two days, the special envoy of a small country listed such insulting conditions.

Everyone wants to turn over.

Snapped!
Zhao Zhen patted the imperial case and said, "Okay, let's do it this way, but which general should we find to do it?"

"I recommend Cao Hu, the deputy commander of the Infantry Division Battalion of the Guards!" Su Liang cupped his hands and said.

Cao Hu's character is very suitable for becoming the King of Japan.

When Privy Councilor Zeng Gongliang heard this name, he quickly raised his hands and said, "I think it is very suitable."

Zhao Zhen thought for a while, looked at Su Liang, and said: "Su Jingming, why do I think everything is in your plan! Let's discuss these trivial matters after the year, let's discuss it after the year!"

Immediately, all the ministers exited the Chui Gong Hall with smiles on their faces.

Wang Yaochen puffed out his chest and murmured: "If I continue to pay attention to that Japanese idiot, I will be an idiot."

……

afternoon.

Kaifeng Mansion issued an announcement.

The beating of Nobu Fujiwara by Su Liang and Cao Yan was characterized as a motivated fight.

Su Liang and Cao Yan will each be punished with sixty sticks, and they will be executed on February 2nd next year.

at the same time.

The palace chamberlain took the imperial physician to see Fujiwara Nobu, and when it was determined that his injury was not serious, the palace attendants left.

As soon as this announcement came out, it still triggered a big discussion among the people in Bianjing City.

After all, Su Liangshi was the top performer in the Song Dynasty.

"Su Yushi would not be so reckless at all. The Japanese must have played a trick in secret. There must be something hateful about it."

"It must be Dr. Cha from Sangjiawazi who was bullied, but there is no evidence, so Su Yushi beat up the Japanese man. The Nu family thinks this must be the case."

"Su Yushi called him extortion. He must have done something shameful."

"Su Jingming can't be wrong. How could Su Jingming hit someone for no reason? He must have his own reasons."

……

Inside the teahouse.

Cao Guo's uncle Cao Yi listened to these discussions and murmured: "I am also known as Little Tao Zhu Gong, but these people didn't even mention my name during the discussion."

Fujiwara Nobu was very angry after seeing this announcement.

Not only was this punishment considered too light, but it was also felt that it was implemented too late.

He believed that it should be implemented after the Yuan Dynasty meeting, so that the special envoys from various countries could see the barbarism of the Song Dynasty.

immediately.

Fujiwara Nobu endured the pain in his body and rushed to Sansi aggressively to ask for an explanation.

present.

He believed that the person he could best control was Wang Yaochen, the third envoy. If the latter did not stand up for him, he would raise his conditions again.

But this time.

To his surprise, an official from the Third Division said that the Third Division made Wang Yaochen busy and could not see him a year ago.

Fujiwara Nobu heard this as an excuse.

"Could it be...could it be that...Da Song doesn't want sulfur anymore?"

Fujiwara Shin was a little panicked.

If the business fails this time, he will also be severely punished.

into the night.

Fujiwara Nobu went to the home of Sanji Envoy again, but the latter still did not see him because he did not talk about personal matters during the New Year.

Fujiwara Nobu felt that he might have been a bit playful.

Without the support of brimstone, Nobu Fujiwara would be nothing in the Song Dynasty.

Subsequently.

Fujiwara Shin went to a restaurant in Bianjing City for dinner again and found that everyone was rejecting him.

"Sorry, we don't accept people who have conflicts with Yushi Su."

"Please go to another place to eat, the shop won't accept you."

"This store does not accept Japanese people, please leave my store!"

……

in a blink.

Nobu Fujiwara became a street rat.

After getting to know him, he realized that Su Liang had a very good reputation in the hearts of the people.

Becoming Su Jingming's enemy would make it difficult to move in Bianjing City.

Fujiwara Nobu was very puzzled and didn't understand why he fell from the sky to the ground all of a sudden.

If he knew that his behavior had brought disaster to Japan, he would probably have had a caesarean section.

(End of this chapter)